Podcast

In an interview, Clay Herbert walks Nathan Barry through creating the best …

Sam Harris gives away his content for free but still makes money.

In the Knowledge Project podcast with Adam Robinson there is an interesting observation about warnings.

I read a lot but this post is about being encouraged to stop reading.

How do you design a product that is going to be used by a lot of people?

In the book Excellent Advice for Living, Kevin Kelly identifies the importance of habits.

This is a great description of the difference between an introvert and an extrovert.

It is very easy to do something negative to try and show how intelligent we are.

I have a fear of failure … to an extent. I guess I am a little risk averse.

Life is made up of stories.

Emmy Sobieski mentions this in her interview for Stanford’s eCorner podcast:

Sometimes people need a second chance.

In the Simon Sinek interview with Leland Melvin they talk about giving a second chance to an employee and how they can sometimes turn out to be the best …

Andy Weir is one of my favourite writers. I have read most of his books. However he claims he doesn’t like the writing process.

What does going above and beyond look like?

In a previous post I highlighted the difference between service and hospitality. This was based on a podcast with Will Guidara where he talked through how …

What is the difference between service and hospitality?

I have had a book on my Amazon wishlist for a while - Unreasonable Hospitality by …

I listen to quite a lot of podcasts. I have been using Spotify but recently switched, most of the time, to using an app called Snipd.

As many of my posts start, I was listening to a podcast. This was a startup founder who was talking about the company she started with a partner and how they handled decisions where the two of them …

Most people struggle with the blank page and starting something new. This episode of the podcast Spark & Fire has snippets from interviews with 5 different people and how they start something new …

“Put everything you know out for free but in a random order”.

Another podcast … I was listening to Guy Raz interview General David Petraeus on the “Wisdom from the top” podcast. Towards the end he made the observation that luck is where …

I recently discovered the Huberman Lab podcast so I have been working through the back catalogue. I was listening to one on creativity and mentioned that creativity is effectively taking existing …

Somethings in life are time sensitive and some are not. A business opportunity may be time sensitive in that it will only be a success when certain things are aligned or maybe new technologies are …

In the Alchemist by Paulo Coelho there is a quote “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” This ties in nicely with an observation from Gino Wickman in …

When I feel I am no longer learning I know it is likely time for me to either look at how my current role can change or time to look for a new role.

In the David Perell podcast with Daniel Gross they also talked about forcing functions. They started by discussing why Israel seems to be so strong in the tech industry and whether their unique …

I have been interested in the use of gamification to achieve things for a while. Given my son’s love of the Xbox I have also wondered if it could be used in some way to help him study.

I have followed the writing of David Perell for a while and recently listened to some of the podcasts he has recorded. Somehow I stumbled on one with Daniel Gross. Towards the end of the podcast David …

This was an excellent podcast on the ethics behind some of the decisions being made about technology today. The whole talk is excellent and thought provoking however for me one part (about 27 minutes …

I listen to a lot of podcasts (probably 500+ a year) and one I make an extra effort to listen to every episode is 99% Invisible. It …